01-2026 - Recodification of Ordinances

Docusign Envelope ID: 6E32806B- 3BBA- 4D8B- 9EF9- 983DOAED5A54 1st read 01/ 05/ 26; 2nd reading 1/ 20/ 26 Baker, Bixenstine, Bullock, ORDINANCE NO. 01- 2026 BY: Evans, Kepple, Steiner, Strebig AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, to approve the editing and inclusion of certain ordinances as parts of the various component codes of the Codified Ordinances and to provide for the publication of such new matter. WHEREAS, various ordinances of a general and permanent nature have been adopted by Council but not yet included in the Codified Ordinances of the City; and WHEREAS, given the above, now is an appropriate time to contract with the City' s codifier, American Legal Publishing, to produce a revised and updated version of the Codified Ordinances of the City; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2. 12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation ofthe public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments, in that the publication and distribution of this latest update to the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is an essential resource and reference for government operations; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The editing, arrangement and numbering and renumbering of the following ordinances and resolutions and parts of ordinances and resolutions are hereby approved as parts of the various component codes of the Codified Ordinances of the City, so as to conform to the classification and numbering system of the Codified Ordinances: Section 2. The Third Amended Charter published within the Codified Ordinances is the official charter of the City of Lakewood. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.

Docusign Envelope ID: 6E32806B- 3BBA-4D8B- 9EF9- 983DOAED5A54 Section 4. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: 2/2/ 2026 Approved: Z/ < < / 1,4P DocuSlgnednby: Sarah Kepple, President of Council Docu5lgned by: / Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Megh n F. George, Mayor